Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) is a full-service international law firm that advises businesses across 12 key sectors of expertise. The firm’s clients include over 40 FTSE 350 companies, private clients, charities, as well as UK Local and Central Government authorities.

Our national restructuring team has extensive experience across the full spectrum of corporate advisory related and contentious insolvency matters. We regularly advise all stakeholders in distressed or insolvent scenarios include boards of directors, institutional and mainstream lenders and creditors and advise insolvency practitioners on all types of restructuring procedures and litigation claims that arise from any insolvency process.

WBD has advised businesses and stakeholders in all sectors with notable experience in Energy, Retail, Financial Regulated Businesses, Education, Charities/Third Sector and Manufacturing. We have significant experience in all of the main insolvency procedures in these sectors and also work alongside other professional advisors and turnaround specialists to seek the best outcome for all stakeholders whether using solvent restructuring tools or formal insolvency processes.

We undertake all aspects of contentious claims that arise from an insolvency process and have particular expertise in undertaking fraud-related investigations, such as tax evasion schemes, MTIC, and carousel frauds. We work closely with insolvency practitioners from all jurisdictions, including offshore practitioners, to trace and seek the recovery of assets for the benefit of creditors and regularly deal with recognition applications in these claims.